Turing Announces Changes in Management Structure
Turing Inc. (Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo; CEO: Issei Yamamoto; hereinafter “Turing”), a company committed to developing fully autonomous driving technology utilizing generative AI, announces the appointment of a new CTO, CFO, and CBO. This decision is part of the company’s efforts to strengthen its management structure.
Changes in Management Structure
Turing is a startup dedicated to the development of fully autonomous driving technology. We are developing an End-to-End (E2E) autonomous driving system where AI makes all driving decisions—such as steering, acceleration, and braking—based solely on data from cameras.
To date, we have driven technological innovation toward achieving more advanced autonomous driving by developing our multimodal generative AI “Heron,” which makes sophisticated decisions using various types of data such as text and visual information (from cameras). We have also developed “Terra,” a generative world model for autonomous driving that can understand complex situations like physical laws and interactions between objects in the real world, and generate realistic driving scenes as videos.
In light of the need to accelerate the development of our “Tokyo30” project—a project aimed at developing an autonomous driving system capable of driving for 30 minutes in Tokyo without human intervention by December 2025—as well as the accompanying organizational expansion and fundraising efforts, we have strengthened our management structure by appointing a new CTO, CFO, and CBO. Shunsuke Aoki, the former CTO, will continue to be deeply involved in Turing’s management as a Director and Co-Founder.
Name / New Position
Yu Yamaguchi / CTO (Chief Technology Officer)
Masato Morishima / CFO (Chief Financial Officer)
Yugo Tokuchi / CBO (Chief Business Officer)
Profiles of Newly Appointed Executives
Yu Yamaguchi / CTO
After conducting research at the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) and the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Yu Yamaguchi independently began developing deep learning-based game AI. He served as the lead developer for a Japanese Go AI project, where he achieved distributed reinforcement learning with up to 1,100 GPUs. His work led to a runner-up position in a world championship for Go AI and a victory in a world championship for Shogi AI. After serving as an Executive Officer at HEROZ, Inc., he joined Turing as a founding member in 2022. In his current role as CTO, Yamaguchi oversees the research and development of autonomous driving AI and manages the development of generative AI, including LLMs. He holds a master’s degree from the Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo.
Masato Morishima / CFO
After working at GE Japan and GE’s U.S. headquarters, Masato Morishima joined the Menlo Park office of Morgan Stanley, where he was involved in IPOs, fundraising, and M&A advisory for technology companies. After returning to Japan, he joined One Capital Inc., where he led a Series B fundraising round of 4.5 billion yen for oVice Inc., an investee company, and later served as CFO of oVice Inc. In July 2024, he joined Turing as CFO. He holds an MBA from Dartmouth College’s Tuck School of Business, graduating with High Distinction.
Yugo Tokuchi / CBO
After starting his career at Bandai Namco Entertainment, where he was involved in planning and selling gaming devices for overseas markets, Yugo Tokuchi moved to Mumbai, India, where he founded a Japanese restaurant, “Yugo Sushi.” The restaurant became highly successful, catering to the local population, and won “The Guide Restaurant Award,” organized by a local newspaper. Upon returning to Japan, he took on leadership roles in launching and managing blockchain services at Metaps Inc. and Media Do Co., Ltd. In March 2023, he joined Turing, where he is responsible for vehicle development, business planning, and strategic alliances. In his current role as CBO. He holds a degree from Tokyo University of Foreign Studies.
Company Overview
Company Name：Turing Inc.
CEO：Issei Yamamoto
Established：August 2021
Capital：30 million yen (as of September 2022)
Headquarters：4th Floor, East Tower, Gate City Osaki, 1-11-2 Osaki, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo
Business：Development of fully autonomous technology
URL：https://tur.ing
Recruitment Information
Turing is seeking colleagues to change the world through fully autonomous driving. We frequently host company introduction events and autonomous driving experiences, so please feel free to contact us.
Recruitment page：https://tur.ing/jobs
Media Contact
Public Relations (Abe)：pr@turing-motors.com